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June 30, 1925. 1,544,084

D. WIENER DOLL Filed March 7, 1924 v ATTORNEY).

Patented June 30, 1925.

PATENTVOFFICE.

DAVID WIENER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DOLL.

Application filed March 7, i924. 7 Serial No. 697,447.

T call quiz-mit may concern Be it known that I, Davin \Vrnnnn, a

citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of Bronx, State of NewYork, have mvented certain new and useful Improvements in -Dolls; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description or the invention, such as will enable others Skllltl 1n theart-to whlch 1t appertams to make and use the same. i

. This invention relates to dolls. and similar toys of the type disclosed in my prior Patent No. 1,374,3 l3, April 12, 1921. he doll disclosed in that patent is of the so-called stufi'ed bodytype and has a shoulder piece secured'thereto with the head detachably connected; to *the shoulder piece. Such a construction; permits the head to be readily replaced should it become broken.

head and shoulder portion, adetachable connection, between the head and body so that the head and its, integralshoulder portion may be readily and quickly applied to and removed from the body. a

The invention is illustrated in thefaccompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1' is a perspective View showing a standard type of doll head comprising a one piece head andshoulder portion modified to provide'it with one part of the detachable connection referred to above.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a portion of a doll body designed for use. with the head shown inv Fig. 1, the body being provided with the other part ofthe detachable con- 1 nection.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation partly in. section showing the head, and body of F 1 and 2. in assembled relation.

Fig. at is a perspective view showing a modifiediorm. ot' detachable connection.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation partly in section otthe modification sh'own'in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a doll head of the standard type provided with one part of a further modified form of detachable connection.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation partly in section showing the head of Fig. 6 assembled on a body, the body being provided with the other part of the detachable connection.

F 1g. 8 is a perspective viewo'f a doll head of the standard type providedv with one part of another modified form of detachable connection.

Fig. 9 is a side elevation partly in section showing the head of Fig.8 assembled on a body, the body being provided with the other part of the detachable connection.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the body part of the detachable connection of Figs. 8 and 9, and g Fig. 11 is a perspective view of a standard type of doll headfprovided with another form of connecting .means for detachably connecting the head to the body.

In all of the figures of the drawing, the head of the doll, except for the addition of theimprovements herein described, is of a well-known standard type in which the head 1 is formed in one piece with the shoulder portion 2. The shoulder portion of heads of this type is usually of the shape shown in the drawings and comprises a breast plate and back plate which straddle and extend over the upper part of the body a sufficient distance to enable the shoulder portion to be glued directly to the body. Furthermore, the shoulder portion of heads of this type is usually of sufiicient size and extent to cover that part of the body which would otherwisebe exposed. if the doll is clothed in low-neck dresses. As stated above, heads of thistype are usually glued directly to a stuffed body. In accordance with this invention, however, the head is provided with one part of a detachable connection, the other part of which is associated with the body. Various different methods of detachably connecting the head to the body are illustrated in the drawing. In Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, the body 3 has glued or otherwise secured thereto an auxiliary shoulder piece 4 which is provided with a resilient stud or ball 5. The head portion 1 has formed on the interior wall of the neck a circular rib or projection 6 whichconstitutes a socket to receive the stud member 5; It desired the rib 6 may be made to constitute an integral part of the head portion by being moulded in the neck at the same time the head portion is moulded. In order to apply the head to the body, it is only necessary to force the resilient stud 5 into the socket formed by the rib 6 as shown in Fig. 3. The ball] shoulder-piece 2. If desired, the clips 7 ,may be provided with depressions 8 wh'ich engage corresponding ribs 'or projections 9forn1ed on the shoulder-piece2 to more firmly hold the head in place." It the projectiorisESbe omitted the head portion will be substantial- 1y like the standard head withno'alteration. The lower edges of the shoulder-piece 2.in this case would then constituteone part of the detachable connection The shoulderpiece 4* may be-glued to the body'orsecured thereto by stitches or similarv fastening means,asshown.. in Fig.5. 1 i 3 In Figs. 6 andZ, the shoulder part 2 is provided with front and rearsopenings 10 which cooperate with yielding projections 11 formed on theauxiliary shoulder-piece ll, asshown in Fig. '7. The projections 11 constitute resilient beads which snap into; the openings 10 when the, head isapplied to .the body and thereby firmly hold thehead in place. However, the projections llyield V sufliciently to permit the headtobe readily removed from the body when so desired;

In Figs. 8 and 9 the shoulderpiece. is pro vided with a slot 12 which extends entirely through one edge of the shouldenpiece as clearly shown in Fig. 8. 'In'this modification the head is intended to be moved, laterally on to the auxiliary shoulder-pieced. {The shouldenpiece .4 may be gluedor otherwise secured to the body portion 'as in the case of the other figures It is providedfwitlia projection 13, formed byforcing outwardly a strip stamped from the material of the shoulder-piece as best shown in Fig. 10. As the head is moved laterally on to the auxiliary shoulder-piece, the projecting piece 13 slides into the slot 12, as shown in F ig.,, 9.

In this modification, the head cannot be ,de-

tached from the body by anflupward move "ment of the head but the head must be'moved laterally until the projecting strip 13 is freed from the slot 12. V H V In Fig. 11', the shoulder-piece 2 has glued or otherwise secured thereto several'bands or strips of fabric 14 provided with snap fastener members 15. In this modification, ,no auxiliary shoulder piece If; necessary as the head is applied directly to the stufied body and then the snap fastener members are snapped on to corresponding snap fastener members on the body of the doll.

It will be noted that in all of the forms of the invention except that illustrated in Fig.

11, the stuffed body is provided with an auxiliary or inn'enshoulden'piece over which Vfits the outer shoulder-piece2 forming a in the drawing may be more readily and conveniently formed if it is-made' of thin metal. In the type of doll 'disclosedin' my prior patent mentioned above a joint occurs in the neck of the doll whichis necessarily visible and can be readily detectedbut inthc type of doll disclosed" herein no joint occurs in the neck and the connecting means is not visible when the doll isdres'sed. j-

Although the invention has been specific'ally described, as applied to adoll, it may be applied to other kinds of toysfsuchas animals and the like, in which fthe'reis a onepiece head and shoulderportion associateth with a body.

While the detachable? means ,ilere ii de' scribed permits the headf if brokehfftob'e replaced,rthe main purposeof the detachable connection is to permitvarious esyot heads to be used on thesan el ody to c iange the identity of "the doll. Eoi' this reason, the various typesof the detachableconnections described herein have been so designed that they permit quick and ready fdetach- "ment of the head from the body andapplr.

cation ofthe head to the body: i i i The terms f shoulder portion and shoulder piece as used herein are'intended to designatethat portionbelow the'neok which is formed by the breast; plate and the back P t q Adoll of the ty peherein described may be sold in sets comprising-Ia single body and a number of heads; of different types, together with a costume to correspond with each type of head. By changing 'theheads and costumes, dolls of different identities maybe produced, As the changing of the heads will be done mostly by children; the' connecting means have been so designed that they may be easily operatedto remove the head or apply it to the body. 4 r

lVhat I claim is 1. A doll or similar toy liavin g a stuffed t body, a shouldei piece secured thereto prov1ded wlth one element o-fa dtaehable colr nection, and a head and shoulder portion formed in one piece and provided with the other. elementof the detachable'connection,

said shoulder portion on the head being adapted to extend over and at least partly cover the shoulder piece secured to the body.

2. A doll or similar toy having a body, a head and shoulder portion formed in one piece, said shoulder portion being adapted to extend over a part of theupper portion of the body, and a detachable connection between the body and the one-piece head and shoulder portion, one element of said detachable connection being associated with the head and shoulder portion and the other element being associated with the body.

3. A doll or similar toy having a body, a head and shoulder portion formed in one piece, said shoulder portion comprising a breast plate and a back plate, and a detaclr able connection bet yeen the body and the one-piece head and shoulder portion, one element of said detachable connection being associated with the head and'shoulder portion and the other element being associated with the body.

l. A doll or similar toy having a stuffed body, a shoulder piece secured thereto provided with one element of a detachable con nection, and a head and shoulder portion formed in one piece and provided with the other element of the detachable connection, said shoulder portion on the head being adapted to extend over and at least partly cover the shoulder piece secured to the body and said detachable connection being operable without requiring access to the interior of the head.

5. A doll or similar toy having a body, a head and shoulder portion formed in one piece, said shoulder portion being adapted to extend over a part of the upper portion o1 the body, and a detachable connection between the body and the one piece head and shoulder portion, one element of said detachable connection being associated with the head and shoulder portion and the other element being associated with the body, said detachable connection being operable by manipulation outside or" the head.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

DAVID \VIENER. 

